Sedgwick County Emergency Management is urging residents to prepare for severe weather threats, including identifying a safe place to shelter and building an emergency kit. For those without basements, particularly those living in mobile or manufactured homes, it is important to arrange a safer shelter option with friends, relatives or neighbors who have a basement. Officials recommend keeping essential supplies together in one place so they can be moved quickly to a shelter area when storms approach. The emergency kit includes food and water, a flashlight, a battery-powered radio, extra batteries, medications, and a change of clothes.